Correct and Maintain

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Correct

Correct verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
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Maintain is an antonym for correct in fix topic.
Nearby Words: correction, correctly, correctness, corrected, corrective

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
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Correct is an antonym for maintain.
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability
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Common collocations

attitude correct attitude maintain attitude
state correct state maintain state
balance correct balance maintain balance
image correct image maintain image
Other words: appearance.

Both words in one sentence

  • I Did What I Had to Do They chose the latter, and the Bronze Faction maintain that their actions were correct to this day and are still correct.
    Source: I Did What I Had to Do
  • Useful Notes / Winston Churchill Military historians maintain that this was the correct Realpolitik decision for Britain, though they do not argue about the moral price of non-intervention.
    Source: Useful Notes / Winston Churchill
  • Propaganda Piece To get around this shortcoming, we have evolved to form and maintain opinions instead: long after facts and reasoned arguments have faded from our memories, opinions and feelings of correct-ness about those opinions remain.
    Source: Propaganda Piece
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